Last week I noted how I was surprised that Def Jam had both Rihanna and Kanye West releasing albums on the same day since they are two of Def Jams biggest artist. Thankfully the label has come to their senses and Kanye West announced today that he will be releasing his fifth studio album on November 22nd.
Kanye’s last album, ‘808’s and Heartbreak’ was released on the same week in 2008. The week of black friday is always one of the biggest weeks for record sales. Considering the buzz and anticipation surrounding the album I am sure that it will sell well. It looks like Nicki Minaj will not get the number 1 album that week as she is releasing her debut album, ‘Pink Friday’, on November 23rd. I never really thought that she could pull out the number 1 album, but this pretty much guarantees it.
This is great news for Rihanna who should have no problem pulling off her first number 1 album. Her other rumored competition was the Black Eyed Peas, who also announced their release date for ‘The Beginning’ on November 3oth. This is the follow-up to their smash album ‘The E.N.D.’, which spawned off three number 1 singles. The upcoming weeks are looking pretty solid music wise, and we should be expecting new singles from all of the projects soon.
What do you think of the release dates?
Kick The Ear Drum 
This album has been pushed back as many times as Rebirth was, there was even a time when his album was dropping the same day as fellow G.O.O.D. music member Kid Cudi
I know, the whole thing has been messy. Seems like this its a theme lately. Im just glad its set in stone. It shocked me more when Cudi and him were on the same day. As someones mentor there is no logical reason why you would be on the same day as your protege. Im just glad we have a solid date.